Closure for jars, bottles, and other receptacles



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED INGRAM AND HARRY INGRAM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TOINGRAMS INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLOSURE FOR JARS, BOTTLES, AND OTHER RECEPTACLES.

Application filed September 8, 1919. Serial No. 322,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED INGRAM and HARRY INGRAM, citizens of theUnited States,

.and residents of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures forJars, Bottles, and Other Re ceptacles, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention resides more particularly in a novel closure andcontainer, the container being a jar or bottle or other receptacle madeof glass or other material, and the closure being in three partscomprising a cap, a securing band therefor and a gasket interposedbetween an outwardly extending portion of the cap and an inwardlyextending portion of said band and in part engaging the lip of thecontainer. ()ne desirable feature of the cap is that after the band hasbeen removed, the cap may be lifted from the container and thereaftersaid cap may be reversed in position and reapplied to the receptaclewith its domed portion entering the mouth thereof for temporarilyclosing the same. A further desirable feature of the closure is that theraw edges of the cap and band are protected by the gasket from contactwith the contents of the receptacle, this being true both in theoriginal application ofthe closure to the receptacle and also when thesecuring band has been removed and the cap is reversed and has its domedportion inserted into the mouth of the receptacle. lVe contemplate theuse of the closure for sealing receptacles regardless of the contents ofthe same, but we regard the closure as particularly useful in sealingreceptacles containing pickles and the like or materials which are inportions removed from time to time from the receptacle until the latterhas been emptied.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying.drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a central vertical section through the upper portion of areceptacle having applied thereon the closure of our invention, saidclosure being shown in its initial condition preparatory to being lookedupon the receptacle;

Fig. 2 is a like view of the same illustrate ing the closure in itsfinal sealing position looked upon the receptacle;

.Fig. 3 is a corresponding view showing the domed cap of thereceptacleas having been freed from the locking band and reversed inposition and reapplied to the receptacle;

Fig. 4 is a top view of the closure;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same and illustrates a portion of theneck of the receptacle; a

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the closureand receptacle and corresponds, except as to scale, with one side ofFig. 1, and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical sect-ion through a portion of thereceptacle and closure and corresponds, except as to scale, with oneside of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 10 designates the receptaole or container, which may beof glass or other material, and said receptacle has around its mouthportion 11 an annular bead 12 affording at its upper edge the usualbroad flat horizontal lip and at its lower edge a shoulder 13.

The closure comprises a cap 14, a locking band 15 and a gasket 16. Thecap 14 is in one integral piece of metal or other suitable material andhas a domed central portion 17, vertical sides 18 and a lateral annularflange 19 extending outwardly from the lower edges of the sides 18. Thedomed portion 17 of the cap is so proportioned that it may, when the capis reversed, snugly enter the mouth portion 11 of the receptacle 10, asshown in Fig. 3, and the flange 19 of said cap is of proper dimensions,as shown in Fig. 1, to seat upon the upper edges or lip of thereceptacle and preferably without extending to the outer peripherythereof. The cap 14 is a reversible one piece top and of utility ineither position.

The gasket 16 is a flat horizontal band of rubber or other suitablepacking material and is placed upon the flange 19 of the cap and the lipof the receptacle 1(), being suflicient in extent to engage both saidflange and, outwardly therefrom, said lip.

The locking band 15 is circular and formed with a vertical side or skirtportion 20, an upper inwardly extending horizontal flange 21 and a tabor fingerull 22 which is in close relation to a wea ened-line 23 formedin the skirt portion 20.

The band 15 closely encompasses the vertical sides of the annular head12, and its V flange 21 engages the top of the gasket 16 and/extendsinwardly into reasonably close relation to the vertical sides 18 of thecap 14, said flange 21 bearing upon substantially the full width of thegasket 16. The skirt portion 20 of the band initially projects below theannular bead 12, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, and when said band isapplied -to position the lower edge portion thereof is bent inwardlyagainst the shoulder 13 furnished by the annular head 12, therebypressing the flange 21 against the gasket 16, locking the cap 14 inposition and said band becoming itself locked in position. The pressureof the flange 21 against the gasket 16, due to the bending inwardly ofthe lower portions of the skirt against the shoulder 13 of thereceptacle, serves to deform the gasket 16 from its normal conditionshown'in Fig. 6 to that illustrated in Fig. 7, in which it will be seenthat the gasket has been pressed downwardly against the lip of thereceptacle and laterally against the vertical sides 18 of the cap andagainst the band 15 and also against the outer vertical edge of theflange 19 of the cap 14, thereby covering said edge and preventing anycontact therewith of the contents of the receptacle. The inner raw edgeof the flange 21 of the band 15 is, by means of the gasket 16, entirelyremoved from any danger of getting into contact with the contents of thereceptacle. In accordance with our construction the receptacle becomesvery efficiently sealed, the sealing zone extending over the upper andlower broad surfaces of the gasket 16 and also along the outer and innervertical peripheral edges of said gasket. said edges int-he verticaldeformation of the gasket being firmly pressed against the band 15 andvertical v sides 18 respectively.

In assembling and applying the parts of the closure, the cap 14 is firstplaced upon the receptacle either with or without the gasket 16, and ifthe said cap is placed on the receptacle, in the absence of said gasket,said gasket will then be applied upon the cap, surrounding the dome 17thereof and engaging the flange 19, and thereupon the locking band 15will be applied over the domed vtop 17 of the cap and upon the gasket,the whole then being as represented in Figs. 1 and 6. Thereafter thelocking band will be pressed downwardly against the gasket and its loweredge portion will be firmly pressed inwardly below the shoulder 13 ofthe annular bead 12, thereby sealing the receptacle and the parts thenbeing in the relation illustrated in Fig. 7.-

IVhen it is desired to unseal the receptacle the owner will pull on thefinger-piece or tab 22 and tear the locking band upwardly along theweakened line 28. This having been done the locking band 15 may beconveniently. removed, leaving the cap 14 and gasket 16 upon the lip ofthe receptacle. The cap 14 and gasket 16 may then be elevated, upwardlyand the mouth of the receptacle exposed. After such portion of thecontents of the receptacle as may be desired has been removed therefrom,the cap 14 and gasket 16 may be turned upside down or reversed inposition and reapplied to the receptacle for temporarily closing thesame, said cap 14 and gasket 16 then taking the position shown in Fig.3. In the position -of the cap and gasket illustrated in Fig. 3 it willbe noted that the raw edge of the flange 19 of the cap is, by means ofthe gasket, removed from contact with the contents of the receptacle.

constitutes a temporary closure. The cap 14, with the gasket 16 andlocking band 15, serves as apermanent closure until the receptacle is inthe hands of a consumer, and thereafter said cap and gasket serve as atemporary closure for the receptacle until the contents of thereceptacle have been consumed.

What we claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,is:

In combination with a receptacle having a broad flat uniform lip at itsmouth defin- The cap 14 when reversed, in position and reapplied to thereceptacle ing the top thickness of the receptacle and below said lip ashoulder, a. closure therefor comprising a cap having an upwardly domedcentral portion, substantially vertical sides at said portion and alateral flange extending outwardly from the lower edge of said sides andseated on said lip, a flat gasket on said flange and on said lipoutwardly beyond said flange, and a removable locking band having at itsupper edge an inwardly extending flange engaging the upper surface ofsaid gasket and at i s lower edge bein extended under and engaging saidshe der with binding effect, said gasket being held deformed by saidband and sealing against the side and to of the same, the vertical sidesan lateral flange of said cap and said lip outwardly beyond said lateralflange, said domed portion of the cap being definitely proportioned tothe mouth of the receptacle and adapted on the removal of said band andthe reversal of the cap to closely enter said mouth and afford atemporary closure for the receptacle.

Signed at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York,this 29th day of August A. 1). 1919.

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